Public libraries and resilient cities
Subtitle: collections and services responding to urban challenges
By: edited with an introduction by Michael Dudley
Publisher: American Library Association
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780838911365
Subjects: Libraries and metropolitan areas
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Exploring public library contributions to urban resiliency / Dr. Glen Holt; title: Finding room for everyone : libraries confront social exclusion / Jennifer Hoyer; title: Baltimore's equalizer : lessons in social equity from the Enoch Pratt Free Library / Vanessa N. Francis; title: Queens Library's Literacy Zone Welcome Center at Long Island City / Deborah Olley Murphy and Denise Clark; title: From outreach to community development : making socially sustainable choices at Winnipeg Public Library / Monique Woroniak; title: Summer foods, libraries, and resiliency : creative problem solving and community partnerships in Massachusetts / Melissa S. Rauseo and Julie Biando Edwards; title: Public library gardens : playing a role in ecologically sustainable communities / Mary Wilkins Jordan; title: Partners for the future : public libraries and local governments creating sustainable communities / Urban Libraries Council; title: A "people's palace" : public libraries and placemaking / Maija Berndtson; title: In the wake of Hurricane Ike : the Houston Public Library responds with community-based disaster recovery services and the "Children's Zone" / Meller Langford and Roosevelt Weeks with Dr. Rhea Brown Lawson; title: Public libraries and the predicament of peak oil and climate change / Matthew Havens and Michael Dudley; title: Collaborative community library planning and economic crisis : the case of Harare, Zimbabwe / Innocent Chirisa; title: Engaging communities, making a difference : Edmonton Public Library's community-led service philosophy / Pilar Martinez.